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Top 25 exporters of services (2000 WTO data)

  1. USA ($b 274.6 / 19.1 % world exports)
  2. UK (99.9 / 7.0)
  3. France (81.2 / 5.7)
  4. Germany (80.0 / 5.6)
  5. Japan (68.3 / 4.8)
  6. Italy (56.7 / 4.0)
  7. Spain (53.0 / 3.7)
  8. Netherlands (52.3 / 3.6)
  9. Hong Kong, China (42.1 / 2.9)
  10. Belgium-Luxembourg (42.0 / 2.9)
  11. Canada (37.2 / 2.6)
  12. China (30.1 / 2.1)
  13. Austria (30.0 / 2.1)
  14. Korea, Rep. Of (29.2 / 2.0)
  15. Singapore (26.6 / 1.9)
  16. Switzerland (26.4 / 1.8)
  17. Denmark (20.6 / 1.4)
  18. Taipei, Chinese (20.2 / 1.4)
  19. Sweden (20.0 / 1.4)
  20. Turkey (19.2 / 1.3)
  21. Australia (17.8 / 1.2)
  22. India (17.6 / 1.2)
  23. Ireland (16.6 / 1.2)
  24. Norway (15.0 / 1.0)
  25. Israel (14.3 / 1.0)
Top 25 importers of services (2000 WTO data)
  1. USA (193.9 / 13.8)
  2. Germany (132.3 / 9.2)
  3. Japan (115.7 / 8.1)
  4. UK (82.1 / 5.7)
  5. France (61.5 / 4.3)
  6. Italy (55.7 / 3.9)
  7. Netherlands (51.1 / 3.6)
  8. Canada (41.9 / 2.9)
  9. Belgium-Luxembourg (38.3 / 2.7)
  10. China (35.9 / 2.5)
  11. Korea, Rep. Of (33.4 / 2.3)
  12. Spain (30.8 / 2.1)
  13. Austria (29.1 / 2.0)
  14. Ireland (28.7 / 2.0)
  15. Hong Kong, China (26.2 / 1.8)
  16. Taipei, Chinese (25.7 / 1.8)
  17. Sweden (23.4 / 1.6)
  18. Singapore (21.3 / 1.5)
  19. India (19.9 / 1.4)
  20. United Arab Emirates (18.8 / 1.3)
  21. Denmark (18.3 / 1.3)
  22. Australia (17.7 / 1.2)
  23. Russian Fed. (17.4 / 1.2)
  24. Mexico (16.8 / 1.2)
  25. Malaysia (16.6 / 1.2)
World trade of services 1997

Imports of services (million dollars)
 
1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000
397200 396900 816100 1200100 1264400 1300500 1290700 1435000

Exports of services (million dollars)
 
1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000
365700 382600 784300 1192800 1273800 1318000 1290100 1435000

Services: how are they different from products?

Comparative Advantage and the Service Industries Government's intervention in the trade of services Examples of Global Service Industries Top Airline Companies
 
Company
Revenues ($ millions) 2000
  1. American Airlines 
  2. United Airlines 
  3. Delta Air Lines 
  4. Japan Airlines
  5. Lufthansa Group
  6. British Airways
  7. All Nippon Airways
  8. Northwest Airlines 
  9. Air France Group
20,245
19,352
15,888
15,410
14,048
13,725
11,574
11,415
11,150

Top Banks
 
Company
Revenues ($ millions) 2000
  1. Deutsche Bank
  2. J. P. Morgan Chase
  3. Credit Suisse
  4. Bank of America Corp. 
  5. BNP Paribas
  6. Mitsuho Holdings
  7. Hsbc Holdings
  8. UBS
  9. Fortis 
  10. ABN AMRO Holding 
  11. Crédit Agricole 
  12. Hypo Vereinsbank 
  13. Santander Central Hispano Group
  14. Royal Bank of Scotland
  15. Wells Fargo 
  16. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 
  17. Bank One Corp.
  18. Barclays
  19. Sumitomo Bank
  20. First Union Corp.
67,133
60,065
59,316
57,747
57,612
52,069
48,633
47,316
43,831
43,390
34,685
32,136
31,928
29,770
27,568
26,347
25,168
25,097
24,669
24,246

Top Telecommunications Companies
 
Company
Revenues ($ millions) 2000
  1. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 
  2. AT&T 
  3. Verizon Communications
  4. SBC Communications
  5. Worldcom
  6. Deutsche Telekom 
  7. France Télécom
  8. BT
  9. Alcatel
  10. Olivetti
  11. Telefonica
  12. Bell South 
  13. Sprint
  14. Vodafone
  15. China Telecommunications
  16. KDDI
  17. Qwest Communications
  18. China Mobile
  19. BCE
  20. Japan Telcom Co. Inc. 
103,235
65,981
64,707
51,476
39,090
37,834
31,122
30,799
29,026
27,832
26,325
26,151
23,613
22,196
20,813
20,519
16,610
15,045
14,859
13,254

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